Messy Baggage

Celine spoke those last words with deliberate seriousness.

"Wait." The girl came down the stairs.

Celine slung her chain-strap bag over her shoulder but didn't leave. She watched as the girl, Daphne Whitmore, walked toward her.

Daphne wore a pricey wool sweater with jeans and the latest-season black boots. Her clothes screamed rich girl, but her face was plain and she carried herself with no real